Capybara Madness

The ROUS Foundation

Caplin Rous 2007/07/10 – 2011/01/04

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Fantastic Fabric

Mudskipper:

There are many things that are adorned with capybaras. This is because capybaras are so adorable. I’m not bragging, but there is no hiding the truth. Well, one of the things that can and is adorned with capybaras is fabric. If you don’t know what fabric is, it is that stuff that your clothes are made out of but before they become clothes.

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Turning Five

Birthday Bamboo

Well, it finally happened! I turned five! And guess what I got for my birthday:bamboo! Delicious and nutritious. I’d much rather have bamboo than a dumb birthday cake. We capys aren’t into confections.

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The Missing Year

Queen of the hill

Melanie:

Well, Mudskipper’s birthday is coming up again. On February 7th she will be 5. That’s a big event for a little capybara. In the wild, very, very few capybaras reach the old age of five. Of course, if all goes well, she could live to be twice that old. Life in captivity is pretty cush.

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Things I Pretend to be

I hear human kids like to play pretend. So do capybaras. Or at least I do. All of my life I have pretended to be many things. Of course, being a capybara is the best possible thing to be, but I don’t need to pretend that.

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Wings in the Water

The weather has been hot lately and I have been taking advantage of it. Actually, I took advantage of it when it wasn’t so hot, and maybe even when it was a little chilly. MelT is such a wimp! She won’t go in the pool unless it is as warm as a “bathtub,” whatever that is.

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